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miasma
1: a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
; also : a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere <a miasma of tobacco smoke>2: an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt <freed from the miasma of poverty
— Sir Arthur Bryant>
; also : an atmosphere that obscures : fog
— mi·as·mal
\-məl\
adjective
— mi·as·mat·ic
\ˌmī-əz-ˈma-tik\
adjective
— mi·as·mic
\mī-ˈaz-mik, mē-\
adjective
— mi·as·mi·cal·ly
\-mi-k(ə-)lē\
adverb
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